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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1958
Page
5
Ohio Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt will address the ceremony inducting Judge-elect Henry P. Webber as Lorain County Domestic Relations Court’s first judge. The public ceremony takes place next Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Elyria American Legion Home, 445 Ohio Street.
Tokyo reports Premier Nobusuke Kishi faces the severest challenge of his two years in office as 110 to 120 of 955 Liberal Democrats oppose his leadership. Three cabinet ministers threaten resignation for more say in party affairs and business leaders warn of a possible new conservative party. Opposition Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma says a no confidence motion may be brought when parliament meets next month. The government majority is expected to rally to resist the motion.
A ceremony at the American Legion Hall marks the oath for Lorain County Common Pleas judges John D. Pincura and LeRoy F. Kelly as remodeling closes the courthouse. Judge Weygandt, noted for his Ohio Supreme Court tenure, attends with multiple community roles and affiliations. Funeral services are held for Mrs May Israel in Philadelphia after a fatal two car crash near Harris Road, Sheffield. her husband Jack and Dexter Walker also die.
Geneva New York reports Cornell researchers have developed a cloudy apple juice that preserves fresh flavor and aroma year round. Adding ascorbic acid before pressing delays browning, allowing deaeration and pasteurization to produce a light colored juice. Early tests are favorable though general acceptance remains to be seen.
California plans to replant a seven acre vineyard around Lachryma Mantis, the Vallejo home now a state museum, 35 miles north of San Francisco in the Valley of the Moon. Aubrey Neasham says varieties used by General Vallejo and later European imports may be reestablished over the coming years.
UPI report from Pentonville Prison notes a carol concert ended with frost, as a female chorister told the inmates goodbye and implied a return next year, turning audience applause into muted silence.
John F. Buckley, 70, longtime Spring Valley Country Club manager and notable figure in Northeast Ohio golf, died in Fort Pierce Florida after a three year illness. He lived in a Fort Pierce motel for five years and is survived by his wife Alberta a daughter Mrs Vincent Toth Elyria five grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Charles Schneider Cleveland and Mrs Cornelius Schuerren. The body rests at Baird Funeral Home in Fort Pierce with funeral services planned for Tuesday morning in that city.
Scores of milk producers from Fort Lorain County and others attend the annual business meeting of the Dairymen’s Federation cooperative on January 15 at the Masonic Temple Cleveland. The session starts 11 a.m. with financial reports and 1958 activity summaries. President Harry Rowland will speak in the afternoon, with other speakers planned and elected directors and advisory council results announced at the meeting.
The tenth annual meeting of the Lorain County Soil Conservation District will be held January 14 at 10 a.m. at Firelands High School. Major speakers include Dr. H J Mederski of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster and Sam Studebaker president of the Ohio Federation of Soil Conservation Districts. Dr Mederski will discuss the Lime and Fertilizer Program for Lorain County soils. A ladies program features Miss Gaylee Ankerstjerne of Ohio Fuel Gas Co speaking on Scotchmen Cucumbers and Kitchens. In the afternoon Angela Di Luciano of Jo Portaro Beauty Salon demonstrates hair styling and cosmetics.
United Press International reports warmer and wetter weather across most of the nation on Saturday. The Northeast sees persistent warmth, while parts of New England and the Virginias face cold snaps. Rain dominates the Northwest and stretches into Northern California, with Miami-like Florida receiving heavy rainfall and the central plains cooling slightly.
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science gathering in Washington the crime system is challenged. Howard B. Gill argues police must deter criminals, prevention starts at home, and rehabilitation in prison is ineffective. Sara R. Ehrmann contends capital punishment rarely affects homicide rates and urges public action.
The nation logged its all time low of 19 degrees below zero at Fraser Colorado today, as reported by the US Weather Bureau. Friday's peak reached 78 degrees in Key West Florida.
Trustees approve a $118,450 1959 YMCA budget with dues increases for all members. Community Chest provides $45,050. remaining revenue from memberships, camp and facility rentals. Rates rise $1 for boys to sixth grade and girls, $2 for men and women. new dues effective January 1, 1959.
President Eisenhower, snowbound at his Gettysburg farm, plans to emerge if temperatures rise to 40 degrees. He drafts his State of the Union and fiscal 1960 budget, with grandson David at his side. two more Eisenhower grandchildren will join next week. Congress convenes in January as the president prepares deliverables and timing for the messages to a Democratic-controlled Senate and House.
William R. Edwards aged 41 of 102 Center Street pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court to a driving while intoxicated charge. Police said he crossed lane lines on West River and Third Street, sped over 40 mph in a 20 mph zone, and turned onto East Avenue on the wrong side. Trial set for January 19 at 1 a.m. with a $500 bond.
Two mongrel dogs named Mac and George will inherit the entire 100000 dollar estate of Thomas I E Shrewbridge who died early this month. After 24 years, the dogs will live the life of Riley while the relatives of their benefactor wait.
A six room frame house on Rome-Greenwich Road was destroyed by fire leaving nine people homeless. Mr and Mrs Sage Shepherd and seven children fled as Greenwich Volunteer Fire Department fought for two hours but could not save the building. The blaze likely started from a defective fire in a coal space heater. Loss estimated at 7000.
Detroit report summarizes a study by Dr. Ruth Honey of Pennsylvania State University showing employed wives complete housework faster than stay at home mothers. The survey notes working wives tend to be older, use shortcuts such as frozen foods and ready mixed baking items, avoid ironing bedsheets, and rely on fewer vacuum attachments, while suggesting efficient methods and reorganizing storage to save time.
The Defense Department said Atlas satellite weighing four and a half tons exchanged voice and teletype messages with Army ground stations. It was interrogated and tested successfully on four successive passes across the United States, marking a first since the missile was shot down by the Air Force on December 18.
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